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I forgot what a key is bound to, so I decided to run

C-h k <my key binding>

But after pressing C-h k, I've remembered about that key binding and decided to quit. So I pressed C-g. Instead of quitting that command, describe-key described about C-g. I tried various other quit functions but they didn't work. I am wondering how to quit describe-key?

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    Assuming there were a keybind for quitting describe-key , how would you describe that keybind with Emacs?
    – wasamasa
    Jun 28 '15 at 14:28
  • As stated, the question makes little sense - I'm voting to close it as unclear. But my guess is that you have another, real question behind this one - if so, please edit your question to state it clearly. What are you really trying to do, and in what way does C-h k not seem to help you do it?
    – Drew
    Jun 28 '15 at 14:42
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You cannot quit the describe-key command. The reason is simple: it cannot know whether you changed your mind about requiring a description of a key or whether you want a description of the key C-g. So it assumes it's the latter, because otherwise it would be impossible to get a description of that key.

You will just have to live with the *Help* buffer being displayed in some window. Usually you should be able to make the window/buffer go away by pressing C-x o and then q. Or you could just use C-h c (describe-key-briefly) instead. That doesn't create a window.

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